Casey Mears News

IRP News and Notes:

IRP News and Notes:

August 5, 2004
Kenny Wallace, Fedewa aim for 300th starts Two NASCAR Busch Series drivers will be looking forward to their 300th career starts in the series Saturday night at IRP. Tim Fedewa (No. 12 Hot Tamales Chevrolet) and Kenny Wallace (No. 23 Stacker 2/YJ Stinger Chevrolet)

Crew Chief for the Ganassi Busch team? UPDATE 2:

Crew Chief for the Ganassi Busch team? UPDATE 2:

July 26, 2004
hearing Brian Pattie, Joe Nemechek's Busch crew chief, will be the crew chief for Chip Ganassi Racing's Busch team.(7-22-2004

Mears to drive APR Busch car at Chicago? UPDATE, no it’s Bowyer:

Mears to drive APR Busch car at Chicago? UPDATE, no it’s Bowyer:

July 7, 2004
Casey Mears, driver of the #41 Target / Ganassi Racing Dodge, has taken over the wheel this weekend of the #1 James Finch Dodge in the Busch Series. Next week, Mears may be back in the Busch ranks, but not in the Finch car. With Andy Petree Racing still owing sponsor

Mears in the #1 Dodge at Daytona:

Mears in the #1 Dodge at Daytona:

June 28, 2004
Casey Mears will make his first Busch Series start of the season on Friday night in the Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona International Speedway in the #1 Dodge owned by James Finch. Mears believes by running both the Busch Series and Nextel Cup events at Daytona that he

NASCAR’s favorite “sons” take a drive with their biggest fans-their Dads:

NASCAR’s favorite “sons” take a drive with their biggest fans-their Dads:

June 20, 2004
Action Performance Companies is ensuring NASCAR Dads will have a Happy Father's Day with a special race day program at Michigan International Speedway on June 20, 2004. Several NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Series drivers will showcase special paint schemes that honor their favorite

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Michigan:

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Michigan:

June 20, 2004
#12-Ryan Newman used the free pass to perfection today, coming back from an early overheating pit stop to win the DHL 400 at Michigan International Speedway.....once again, under caution. Newman's win was his second consecutive at MIS (ending a streak of nine different

Mears’ Pit Crew Collects Pocono Win; #8 Crew Extends Points Lead:

Mears’ Pit Crew Collects Pocono Win; #8 Crew Extends Points Lead:

June 17, 2004
The pit crew for Casey Mears, which has been close many times in the McDonald's Drive-Thru Pit Championship fueled by POWERade, can now lay claim to winning the weekly contest with a solid effort in Sunday's Pocono 500 at Pocono Raceway. The victory, worth $20,000,

Kenseth Not Happy:

Kenseth Not Happy:

June 7, 2004
Late in the race, while the number of lead-lap cars had already been reduced dramatically through attrition, leader Kasey Kahne, Brian Vickers and Matt Kenseth spun in oil dropped on the track by Casey Mears' Dodge and wrecked in Turn 4. Kenseth, the reigning series

Mears didn’t lose an engine:

Mears didn’t lose an engine:

June 7, 2004
heard many reports during the race and on shows later that #41-Casey Mears lost an engine which got oil on the track and some drivers complained that Mears stayed on the track too long, from a team PR: Mears told the team he thought he had a tire going flat as the

Mears to get soapy:

Mears to get soapy:

June 7, 2004
Casey Mears will test at Chicagoland Speedway this week in preparation for the Tropicana 400 on July 11. Mears had a season-best starting position of fourth there last season but finished 34th. Mears generally refrains from being a major player in NASCAR's As the Wheel

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Dover:

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Dover:

June 6, 2004
For what was going to be an emotional weekend, Saturday's news increased it tenfold. The passing of President Ronald Reagan brought a thoughtful remorse to many. The world lost the greatest leader of the 20th Century, NASCAR lost a friend, and their fans lost a hero

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

Stock Car Fans – Rumblings – Lowe’s Motor Speedway:

May 30, 2004
Jimmie Johnson led early, led often, and pretty much blew away the field in tonight's 600 miler. He led 8 times for 334 laps (that's 500 miles) and seemed to be able to run away at will. We ran the first 240 miles caution- free, and that (combined with that #48 Chevy

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Richmond:

StockCarFans.com – Rumblings – Richmond:

May 15, 2004
Track position is rapidly becoming "the" catch phrase when it comes to Nextel Cup racing....and tonight's Chevy American Revolution 400 at Richmond International Raceway re-inforced that theory to the fullest. Dale Earnhardt Jr stayed out on lap 346 as most of the

Kenseth to FX: No thanks to reality show:

Kenseth to FX: No thanks to reality show:

May 9, 2004
Cable TV channel FX debuts its weekly unscripted program "NASCAR Drivers: 360" on Friday. The show will feature drivers and their families during their day-to-day lives. The drivers will include Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kevin Harvick, Jeremy Mayfield, Jamie McMurray, Ward

Infineon Testing Day 2:

Infineon Testing Day 2:

April 29, 2004
#42-Jamie McMurray posted the fastest lap Wednesday during a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup test session at Infineon Raceway. McMurray recorded the fastest lap ever recorded on the newly repaved 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course for NEXTEL Cup stock cars at 1 minute, 15.0 seconds [